Ло́ндон (англ. London[ˈlʌndən] ) — столица и крупнейший городСоединённого Королевства Великобритании и Северной Ирландии. Административно образует регион АнглииБольшой Лондон, разделённый на 33 самоуправляемых территориии. Население составляет 8,6 млн. человек (2015 год) — это третий[источник не указан 348 дней] по величине город Европы. Образует агломерацию Большой Лондон и более обширныйметрополитенский район. Расположен на юго-востоке островаВеликобритания, наравнине в устье Темзы, вблизи Северного моря. Главный политический, экономический и культурный центрСоединённого Королевства.
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У слова «Лондон» есть и другие значения: см. Лондон (значения).
Лондон относится кглобальным городамвысшего ранга и ведущим мировым финансовым центрам. Экономика его составляет пятую часть экономики страны.
Основан римлянами вскоре после ихвторжения в Британию 43 года. Во II веке — столицаримской Британии, с XI-XII столетий — Англии, с 1707 года — Великобритании, с XVI по XX век —Британской империи. С 1825 по 1925 год Лондон был крупнейшим городом мира.
Исторический центр города, образованный районами Вестминстер и Сити, сложился ввикторианскую эпоху. Среди немногих построек, уцелевших здесь послепожара 1666 года, — средневековая цитадельТауэр.
London is the capitaland most populous city ofEngland and the United Kingdom. Standing on the River Thames in the south east of the island ofGreat Britain, London has been a major settlement for two millennia. It was founded by the Romans, who named it Londinium.London's ancient core, theCity of London, largely retains its 1.12-square-mile (2.9 km2) medievalboundaries. Since at least the 19th century, "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split betweenMiddlesex, Essex, Surrey,Kent, and Hertfordshire, which today largely makes up Greater London, governed by the Mayor of London and the London Assembly.
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London is a leading global city in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development, tourism, and transportation. It is crowned as the world's largest financial centre and has the fifth- or sixth-largest metropolitan area GDP in the world.London is a world cultural capital. It is the world's most-visited city as measured by international arrivals and has theworld's largest city airport system measured by passenger traffic.London is the world's leading investmentdestination,hosting more international retailers and ultra high-net-worth individuals than any other city. London's universities form the largest concentration of higher education institutes in Europe. In 2012, London became the first city to have hosted the modernSummer Olympic Gamesthree times.
London has a diverse range of people and cultures, and more than 300 languages are spoken in the region.Its estimated mid-2015 municipal population (corresponding to Greater London) was 8,673,713,the largest of any city in the European Union, and accounting for 12.5% of the UK population. London's urban area is the secondmost populous in the EU, after Paris, with 9,787,426 inhabitants at the 2011 census. The city's metropolitan area is themost populous in the EUwith 13,879,757 inhabitants, while the Greater London Authority states the population of the city-region(covering a large part of the south east) as 22.7 million. The city-regiontherefore has a similar land area and population to that of the New York metropolitan area. London was the world's most populous city from around 1831 to 1925.
London contains four World Heritage Sites: the Tower of London; Kew Gardens; the site comprising the Palace of Westminster,Westminster Abbey, and St Margaret's Church; and the historic settlement ofGreenwich (in which theRoyal Observatory, Greenwich marks the Prime Meridian, 0° longitude, andGMT). Other famous landmarks includeBuckingham Palace, theLondon Eye, Piccadilly Circus, St Paul's Cathedral,Tower Bridge, Trafalgar Square, and The Shard. London is home to numerous museums, galleries, libraries, sporting events, and other cultural institutions, including theBritish Museum, National Gallery, Natural History Museum, Tate Modern,British Library, and West End theatres. TheLondon Underground is the oldest underground railway network in the
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У слова «Лондон» есть и другие значения: см. Лондон (значения).
Лондон относится кглобальным городамвысшего ранга и ведущим мировым финансовым центрам. Экономика его составляет пятую часть экономики страны.
Основан римлянами вскоре после ихвторжения в Британию 43 года. Во II веке — столицаримской Британии, с XI-XII столетий — Англии, с 1707 года — Великобритании, с XVI по XX век —Британской империи. С 1825 по 1925 год Лондон был крупнейшим городом мира.
Исторический центр города, образованный районами Вестминстер и Сити, сложился ввикторианскую эпоху. Среди немногих построек, уцелевших здесь послепожара 1666 года, — средневековая цитадельТауэр.
London is the capitaland most populous city ofEngland and the United Kingdom. Standing on the River Thames in the south east of the island ofGreat Britain, London has been a major settlement for two millennia. It was founded by the Romans, who named it Londinium.London's ancient core, theCity of London, largely retains its 1.12-square-mile (2.9 km2) medievalboundaries. Since at least the 19th century, "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split betweenMiddlesex, Essex, Surrey,Kent, and Hertfordshire, which today largely makes up Greater London, governed by the Mayor of London and the London Assembly.
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London is a leading global city in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development, tourism, and transportation. It is crowned as the world's largest financial centre and has the fifth- or sixth-largest metropolitan area GDP in the world.London is a world cultural capital. It is the world's most-visited city as measured by international arrivals and has theworld's largest city airport system measured by passenger traffic.London is the world's leading investmentdestination,hosting more international retailers and ultra high-net-worth individuals than any other city. London's universities form the largest concentration of higher education institutes in Europe. In 2012, London became the first city to have hosted the modernSummer Olympic Gamesthree times.
London has a diverse range of people and cultures, and more than 300 languages are spoken in the region.Its estimated mid-2015 municipal population (corresponding to Greater London) was 8,673,713,the largest of any city in the European Union, and accounting for 12.5% of the UK population. London's urban area is the secondmost populous in the EU, after Paris, with 9,787,426 inhabitants at the 2011 census. The city's metropolitan area is themost populous in the EUwith 13,879,757 inhabitants, while the Greater London Authority states the population of the city-region(covering a large part of the south east) as 22.7 million. The city-regiontherefore has a similar land area and population to that of the New York metropolitan area. London was the world's most populous city from around 1831 to 1925.
London contains four World Heritage Sites: the Tower of London; Kew Gardens; the site comprising the Palace of Westminster,Westminster Abbey, and St Margaret's Church; and the historic settlement ofGreenwich (in which theRoyal Observatory, Greenwich marks the Prime Meridian, 0° longitude, andGMT). Other famous landmarks includeBuckingham Palace, theLondon Eye, Piccadilly Circus, St Paul's Cathedral,Tower Bridge, Trafalgar Square, and The Shard. London is home to numerous museums, galleries, libraries, sporting events, and other cultural institutions, including theBritish Museum, National Gallery, Natural History Museum, Tate Modern,British Library, and West End theatres. TheLondon Underground is the oldest underground railway network in the